Coiled-wire holder



(No Model.)

A.B.HENDRYX.

GOILED WIRE HOLDER;

No. 467,722. Patented Jan. 26, 1892'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

ANDREIV I3. HENDRYX, OF NEIV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COlLED-WIRE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,722, dated January 26, 1892.

Application filed April 10,1891. Serial No. 338,394. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW B. I-IENDRYX, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Coiledire Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and whichsaid drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a plan view of a coiled-wire holder constructed in accordance with my invention and shown in its application to a coil of picturewire, the free end whereof is passed through the eye of the holder; Fig. 2, a View in transverse section on line 01:00 of the preceding figure.

My invention relates to an improved holder for coiled wire, and is particularly designed for putting up small coils of picture-wire in shape for the retail trade, the object being to provide cheap, convenient, and effective means for keeping the coils in shape and enabling the wire thereof to be used as de-- sired.

Vith these ends in view my invention 0011- sists in a coil-holder having certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

As herein shown, the coiled-wire holder consists of two pieces of wire of equal length. Each of these Wires is bent midway of its length to form an open angle A, whereby when the two wires are placed together with their bent portions opposite each other the same will form a rectangular eye, which is located in the center of the device. On opposite sides of the said eye the two wires are twisted around each other, as at B B, and thus secured together. Beyond the points where the wires are twisted, as described, their ends, forming arms C, are free, and thus adapted to be wound or clasped around the coiled wire D at such separated points on the circumference thereof as will best secure the holder thereon, the arms radiating in several directions from the eye which stands over the open center of the coil. The free inner end D of the wire of the coil is passed through the eye of the holder and the wire of the coil drawn through the same until exhausted.

My improved holder is not only very cheap to make and apply, but also both effective and convenient in use. It requires but little stock in its production, holds the coil in shape, and permits the wire to be used as desired, and will not be displaced under any ordinary handling of the coil. It has the further advantage of not concealing the coil, as some coil-holders do, so that the amount remaining may always be observed.

It is not essential that the holderbe formed exactly as it is herein shown and described. For instance, the number of its arms may be varied and the location of its eye changed. Furthermore the particular way of forming the eye and leading the arms therefrom may be varied. I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

I am aware that a coil-holder having an eye and arms adapted to be clasped around the coil at different points in the circumference thereof is old, and I do not therefore claim such a construction, broadly.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A coiled-wire holder made from wire and having an eye located at its center and several arms radiating in several directions therefrom, the eye and arms being formed from the same wires, which are twisted together on opposite sides of the eye which stands over the open center of the coil, and the arms being constructed to be clasped upon the coil at different points in the circumference thereof to retain the holder in place, substantially as described, the free end of the wire of the coil being passed through the eye.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREIV B. HENDRYX.

*itnesses:

WILBUR A. I'IENDRYX, HARRY E. I-IENDRYX. 

